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GEOPHYSICS

Dictionary entry overview: What does geophysics mean?

• GEOPHYSICS (noun)
The noun GEOPHYSICS has 1 sense:

1. geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth

Familiarity information: GEOPHYSICS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GEOPHYSICS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

geophysical science; geophysics

Hypernyms ("geophysics" is a kind of...):

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geophysics"):

geomorphology; morphology (the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms)

hydrology (the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation)

seismology (the branch of geology that studies earthquakes)

volcanology; vulcanology (the branch of geology that studies volcanoes)

magnetics; magnetism (the branch of science that studies magnetism)

geodesy (the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points)

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